Remember there was no SGPC before the British rule. Different gurdwaras were controlled and run by different granthis and sangats.
SGPC was created as a central "Church" for the Abrahamization of Sikhi and Sikh control by British interests. It is the fountainhead of McSikhi.
SGPC was created as a central "Church" for the Abrahamization of Sikhi and Sikh control by British interests. It is the fountainhead of McSikhi.
Absolutely. The British completely re-engineered and distorted Sikhi. Those who were collaborators were rewarded, those who rebelled had their power taken away.
SGPC was to reward collaborators.
SGPC was to reward collaborators.
Powerful thread on how Sikhs who were British collaborators were made zamindars and given government positions as an incentive to separate Sikhs from Hindus.
#khalistan is from its roots a British Imperial project.
#khalistan is from its roots a British Imperial project.
So McSikh is a technical term. Its intellectual guru in the construction of a separative Sikhi is Macauliffe and its political genesis is in those rewarded by the British for their loyalty.
Those refusing to follow McSikhi were often excluded as Sikhs.
Those refusing to follow McSikhi were often excluded as Sikhs.
Lol. This is Macauliffe's story.
That there was a "pure Sikhi" that needed to be recovered from "adulteration."
This is literally the Abrahamic story which rails against "shirk." The Brits turned a living tradition into a bad copy of Abrahamic religion.
That there was a "pure Sikhi" that needed to be recovered from "adulteration."
This is literally the Abrahamic story which rails against "shirk." The Brits turned a living tradition into a bad copy of Abrahamic religion.
Khalistanis are attacking Indian embassies worldwide, someone was prohibited from entering Golden Temple because they had Indian colors on their cheeks, and we're fomenting hate?
We're simply telling the truth about how Sikhs were manipulated by British.
We're simply telling the truth about how Sikhs were manipulated by British.
There is no one stoking hate against Sikhs more than Khalistanis.
Why did Sikhs allow these "mahants" till the time the British came?
Consider this. Mahants were part of a living tradition of Sikhi. An artificial "religion" (like Christianity) was made and taught to Sikhs. The living tradition was killed to conform.
Consider this. Mahants were part of a living tradition of Sikhi. An artificial "religion" (like Christianity) was made and taught to Sikhs. The living tradition was killed to conform.
Really? And you only learnt you needed to do this after the British colonized you?
You were stupid before this?
You were stupid before this?
The British made you turn on and destroy your own traditions by labeling them "Hindu" and telling you that you're not.
And made you proud of that. That is what colonialism does. Robs you of your own experience and understanding of traditions.
And made you proud of that. That is what colonialism does. Robs you of your own experience and understanding of traditions.
Most all Sikh "histories" produced after British colonialism carry the British imperial agenda.
The one guy who wrote a half-decent history to decolonize Sikh minds, Harjot Oberoi, was hounded.
You can only free people from slavery when they've not made slavery their identity.
The one guy who wrote a half-decent history to decolonize Sikh minds, Harjot Oberoi, was hounded.
You can only free people from slavery when they've not made slavery their identity.
That's from Kabir. He was raised Muslim, had Hindu guru.
"I am not Hindu or Muslim" is a response to qns of identity. From his Guru, Ramananda, he learned dissolution of identity.
Doesn't mean Kabir now had a different "religion" called "Sikhism."😆
"I am not Hindu or Muslim" is a response to qns of identity. From his Guru, Ramananda, he learned dissolution of identity.
Doesn't mean Kabir now had a different "religion" called "Sikhism."😆
It's from Kabirdas. He is talking about his own experience of transcending identities.
No one demeans the Gurus and their teaching more than these distortions.
At least understand what it is saying, respect it. This is the reason I write about it.
No one demeans the Gurus and their teaching more than these distortions.
At least understand what it is saying, respect it. This is the reason I write about it.
Lol, Kabir did not start any "panth."
A high teaching always falls to the level of the followers, who create these exclusion ideas.
The way of ritual and pilgrimage is just one path. In Hindu tradition, once one is realized, one doesn't need all that.
A high teaching always falls to the level of the followers, who create these exclusion ideas.
The way of ritual and pilgrimage is just one path. In Hindu tradition, once one is realized, one doesn't need all that.
In fact, Shankaracharya is saying the same thing. If there had been a Macauliffe to distort it, he would say Shankaracharya is not Hindu. 😆
In Nirvana Shatakam: na mantro, no tirtham, na vedo, na yagya.
So Shankaracharya has "denounced" mantra, pilgrimage, Veda and yagya?😏
In Nirvana Shatakam: na mantro, no tirtham, na vedo, na yagya.
So Shankaracharya has "denounced" mantra, pilgrimage, Veda and yagya?😏
Being bereft of any understanding of the Guru's teachings, and obsessed with identity and religious code, these McSikhs have become the exact opposite of what Kabirdas is speaking to be free of.
Completely obsessed with identity and dogma.
nytimes.com
Completely obsessed with identity and dogma.
nytimes.com
Lol. The Wire spinmeisters.
SGPC went as far as to honor General Dyer.
Macauliffe was assigned for Sikh identity separation. Kahn Singh Nabha was his close collaborator. The Singh Sabha propped up their views.
Who were the British puppets again?
SGPC went as far as to honor General Dyer.
Macauliffe was assigned for Sikh identity separation. Kahn Singh Nabha was his close collaborator. The Singh Sabha propped up their views.
Who were the British puppets again?
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